SecureIDNews | Taiwan rolling out new passport

Monday, April 7, 2008

Biometric electronic passports will be made available to 23 million Taiwan citizens by the second half of 2008, according to Computerworld Singapore. The country awarded its National Identity System contract to Hewlett-Packard.

To meet international security standards, the NIS will integrate products from Entrust, Safenet, 3M and Cryptometrics, with 64K contactless chips. The chip will contain the passport holder’s digital photo and detailed passport information in electronic form. The country would endorse the data stored on the chip to ensure the passport was not altered.

After long delays, Algeria launches biometric passports

After a nearly three-year delay, the Algerian government has finally launched its biometric passport program.

Magharebia reports that the biometric passports, which contain a contactless smart card chip that holds a digitized photo, fingerprints and signature, were supposed to be released in 2009. But the documents were delayed due to complexities with the operation of the project and the need to thoroughly research and analyze other countries’ experiences with biometric passports.

State Department pilots online passport card applications

As part of the U.S. Department of State’s initiative to simplify and streamline customer service interactions and processes, the Office of Passport Services has started a 90-day pilot program for online passport card applications.

Updated: Passport image on iPad passes border security

CBP denies report

A Canadian man uses a scanned image of his passport from his iPad to get past Customer and Border Protection officials, according to a report from the AP.

Jakarta airport opens biometric immigration gate

In an effort to streamline passenger security, Jakarta, Indonesia’s Soekarno-Hatta Airport has opened the country’s first biometric immigration gate.

Fingerprint biometric identification provider BIO-key International, Inc. and Oakwell Engineering Limited partnered to create the new gate, designed for use by passengers with electronic passports. Passengers submit their e-passports and authenticate with a fingerprint.

Acer plans NFC phone launch in Taiwan

Acer is planning to launch NFC-enabled smart phones for mobile banking and contactless payments, according to Taiwan News.

Acer product manager Vincent Chen told TN that the new phones will likely run on Windows 8, which is expected to support NFC technology. According to Chen, the roll out will depend on how quickly the five major mobile operators in Taiwan can agree upon a contactless mobile payments platform.

Registration of newborns mandatory for e-passport in UAE

The Emirates Identity Authority (EIDA) announced that the registration of Emirati newborns is now mandatory for electronic passports (e-passport) and ID cards, according to ArabianBusiness.com.

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